Vehicle-spring



niTn STATES PATENT Trice.

DANIEL M. SECHLER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,019, dated March 30,1886.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. SEoHLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oinciunati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawlugs.

My invention comprises a novel combination of spring appliances to be used in connection with those vehicles, the bodies of which are supported upon side bars extending from the head block to the rear axle. Said combination includes four longitudinal bars or plates, all of the ends of which are immovably secured to bearers that support the body, and said bars have the inner ends of four yielding arms attached thereto, one arm to each of said bars or plates. Each arm is attached to the appropriate longitudinal bar at or near the mid-length of the latter, the arm being extended directly across the vehicle, so as to allow the outer end of the for mer to be coupled to the side bar-that is, parallel with and the nearest to said longitudinal bar or plate-as hereinafter more fully described.

Another feature of my invention comprises a novel combination of devices for attaching the inner ends of the yielding arms to the longitudinal bars or plates, the details of this combination being hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a plan of the combination of spring appliances previously alluded to, the body of the vehicle being omitted and its position indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the vehicle, taken in the plane of the front yielding arms, E E. Fig. 3 shows the method of attaching the yielding arms to the longitudinal bars or plates.

A represents the head-block, B the perch, and O the rear axle, of a four-wheeled vehicle, said head-block and axle being connected by customary side bars, D D, to which side bars are coupled the outer ends of two pairs of yielding arms, E E F F, the latter being disposed transversely of the vehicle. These arms may be composed of one or more leaves,

their inner ends being firmly secured to four longitudinal bars or plates, G G and H H, the extremities of said bars being immovably attached to two pairs of transverse bearers, I I and J J. It is immaterial how the ends of these bars are attached to said bearers, but it is preferred to provide the latter with suitable boxes to receive the former. One of these boxes is seen at K in Fig. 2, which illustration shows that the bearer I is attached to the opposite body-sills, L L. Furthermore, this illustration shows that the inner ends of the yielding arms are secured within keepers N N, which latter surround the longitudinal bars G- G, and are secured thereto by set-screws O 0; but in Fi 3 one of the yielding arms is shown as being composed of a lower leaf, P, an intermediate leaf, Q, and an outer leaf, B, said members being united by bolts S. The outer leaf, R, is bent to serve as a connectingstrap, surrounding three sides of the longitudinal bar G, the ends of the leaves P and Q being arranged to bear against the remaining side of said bar. This strap-leaf B may be secured to the bar Gwith any appropriate retaining device.

It will be noticed that the front pair of yielding arms, E E, are in line with each other, as are also the rear arms, F F, thereby producing a perfect balance of all the spring appliances and affording a very easy motion for the body of the vehicle. Again, as none of the yielding arms, as E, cross over to the opposite side bar, as D, it is evident all the arms E E F F are shortened accordingly, thus diminishing the weight of the vehicle and reducing the cost of manufacture, while, at the same time, these short arms afford all the spring-motion necessary for a sidebar vehicle.

I claim as my inventiou- 1. The combination, in a four-wheel vehicle, of two pairs of longitudinal bars or plates, G G H H, having all their extremities immovably secured to transverse bearers, as I I J J, the inner ends of transverse yielding arms E E F F being firmly attached to said longitudinal bars G G H H, and the outer ends of the arms E F being fastened to the side bar 1) adjacent to the longitudinal bars G H, while the outer ends of the other arms,

E F, are connected to the side bar D adjaof said bar and secured to said leaves Q P, for

cent to the longitudinal bars G H, thereby, the purpose described. IO avoiding the crossing of said arms, as herein In testimony whereof I affix my signature in described. presence of two witnesses.

2. A carriage-spring composed of a series DANIEL M. SEGHLER. of leaves, as Q 1?, whose fixed ends abut against Vitnesses: one side of a bar, G, in combination with an JAMES H, LAYMAN,

outerleaf, R, surrounding the three other sides SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

